https://worldofaviation.com The world's leading aviation news website Mon, 24 May 2021 06:56:05 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-Favicon-150x150.png https://worldofaviation.com 32 32 https://worldofaviation.com/2021/05/uk-carrier-strike-group-commences-historic-deployment/ Mon, 24 May 2021 06:32:48 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=90767 The UK’s Carrier Strike Group had embarked on its maiden operational deployment, boasting 3,700 personnel and dozens of military aircraft. The UK’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is leading six Royal Navy vessels, a Royal Navy submarine, a US Navy destroyer and a Dutch frigate on a seven-month deployment through the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean,]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/04/ba-continues-to-lobby-for-unrestricted-trans-atlantic-travel-warns-of-looming-job-losses/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:00:15 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=90306 British Airways chief executive Sean Doyle has again pushed the UK government to open its borders to vaccinated travellers from the US, following the EU’s decision to do so. It comes despite the US keeping both the UK and much of the EU on its ‘Level Four: Do Not Travel’ advisory list – though this]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/04/us-warns-against-travel-to-uk-despite-dwindling-cases/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 06:49:08 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=90266 The US has added the UK to its “Level Four: Do Not Travel” advisory lift, among 150 other countries, just weeks before the UK is expected to allow Britons to travel across the pond. The US State Department announced this week that the UK, along with 150 other countries making up nearly 80 per cent]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/04/its-a-scam-new-iata-boss-calls-out-uk-covid-travel-testing/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:12:30 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=90230 The new director-general of the International Air Transport Association, Willie Walsh, has called out the organisations “profiteering” off government requirements for COVID-19 testing upon travelling to Britain. The former British Airways chief executive, who took over the top spot at the IATA from Alexandre de Juniac earlier this month, said that airlines are suffering due]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/03/uk-pilots-walk-away-relatively-unscathed-from-navy-plane-crash/ https://worldofaviation.com/2021/03/uk-pilots-walk-away-relatively-unscathed-from-navy-plane-crash/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:06:24 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=89862 Two pilots have survived after successfully ejecting themselves from a British Royal Navy Hawk T1 plane that crashed near the coast of Cornwall. The 736 Naval Squadron Hawk T1 had taken off from RNAS Culdrose, near Helston on the Lizard Peninsula of Cornwall, and was likely conducting a training flight when it crashed into a]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/03/uk-pilots-walk-away-relatively-unscathed-from-navy-plane-crash/feed/ 2 https://worldofaviation.com/2020/11/uk-working-to-mitigate-brexit-risks-as-deadline-looms/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 05:43:16 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=87524 UK aviation authorities have claimed they are working hard to mitigate the potential risks faced by the country’s aviation sector once the current Brexit transition period with the European Union ends on 31 December. From 1 January 2021, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will be required to take on new regulatory responsibilities, as Britain]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/09/easyjet-ceo-sends-grave-warning-to-uk-government/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:20:19 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86405 EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren has warned the UK government that this is its “last chance to save the UK airline industry”, as its inaction could permanently hinder the local sector.  According to Lundgren, a lack of targeted government support for the local aviation sector will only make the UK travel industry “increasingly reliant” on]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/09/ba-dreamliner-dumps-fuel-at-sea-returns-to-london/ https://worldofaviation.com/2020/09/ba-dreamliner-dumps-fuel-at-sea-returns-to-london/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2020 04:50:05 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86349 British Airways flight BA269 travelling from London Heathrow to Los Angeles International was forced to turn around mid-air and return to London. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from LHR at 4:40pm local time on Monday, headed for LAX, before it was forced to return to its origin. Around 30 minutes into the flight, BA269]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/09/ba-dreamliner-dumps-fuel-at-sea-returns-to-london/feed/ 2 https://worldofaviation.com/2020/09/virgin-atlantic-secures-12b-bailout-cuts-further-jobs/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 03:18:40 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86332 Virgin Atlantic has said it will cut 1,150 more jobs, despite securing a £1.2 billion (US$1.59 billion) rescue fund, which was signed off by a US court on Thursday. This brings total job cuts across the airline to over 4,300 since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global aviation downturn. The airline said]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/09/lhr-seeks-to-cut-pay-warns-of-looming-job-losses/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 06:54:23 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86321 London Heathrow Airport has informed workers unions it will seek to cut the pay of thousands of airport staff in light of the ongoing COVID-19 travel crisis, as well as a range of other cost-cutting measures. The airport has said it intends to introduce pay cuts of up to 20 per cent to about half]]>